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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t think anyone marries with “status symbol” as the reason. My DD is getting married relatively young at 23 but it’s because she found the right guy and they both have 6 figure careers and we can afford a wedding. A lot of their similar aged friends are also marrying. I don’t think it’s status symbol so much as being at the right place in life and that does involve having a good job.[/quote]

I tend to disagree. I come from a UMC/wealthy skewing background and kind of an insular community. It is absolutely the kind of environment where it’s very much expected to get married anywhere between 22-28. Anything older than that, particularly for girls, starts to be viewed as harder to solve for. Expected to meet spouse in college or few years after. It’s a pretty short window. I got married at 27 and was the last of my close friends- even friends who met their spouses after I did dated for shorter periods of time before getting engaged. It’s definitely a status symbol. And similarly a status symbol in my husbands background, albeit at an older age- most of his friends and his siblings friends get married between 28-32. Don’t think you can group UMC or wealthy into any specific trends in this front, beyond decidedly not getting married at 18.[/quote]

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